- birdwings
- n. large tropical butterfly with bright colors (native to Asia and Australia)
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
birdwings
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Rothschild's Birdwing — Ornithoptera rothschildi male, upperside Conservation status … Wikipedia
Cairns Birdwing — Taxobox | name = Cairns Birdwing status = status system = iucn2.3 image caption = Male Cairns Birdwing, Melbourne Zoo image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera familia = Papilionidae subfamilia … Wikipedia
